"Die, you bastard!"
Scar screamed as the chains of fire coiling around her arms surged and ensnared one of the spiders that tried to lunge at her.
The chains tightened around the creature, making it cry out before the fire consumed it, leaving only a charred husk behind.
She panted and gritted her teeth. Her beautiful crimson dress was torn in many places, revealing the bloodied injuries that marred her body. Her anger could only be directed at the man fighting beside her.
"I am already low on Evol! I can’t fight for long! This is all your fault. If only we had captured those two students instead of wasting time uselessly... Ugh!"
Her words were cut short when three more spiders attacked her, their eyes glowing as they unleashed earth elemental attacks.
"Shit! Do something, or we’re both going to die under this swarm of spiders before we even enter the boss chamber!"
Dread cursed under his breath. His state was no better. As a space elementist, his skills and spells were limited since space was one of the rarest elements.
"Shut the hell up! Why are you always yapping nonstop? Focus on fighting!"
His eyes scanned the spiders before him; there were still more than twenty, even after they had killed so many. To make the scene worse, he could see that more spiders were converging in the area to fight them, as if all the crystal spiders were being summoned to protect the boss monster’s chamber.
"Something is very wrong in this crystal. The boss monster can control all the weak monsters, but even before we arrived here, it had already summoned many spiders to guard its chamber gate. Boss monsters in Novice-tier crystals aren’t this intelligent!"
Skyler and Charles were taken aback by his words. They had been observing everything for the past few hours, and Dread was right.
Charles glanced at Skyler’s agitated face. He was the one who had stopped him from forming his second elemental crystal.
They were in a dire situation. Who knows how long it would take for Skyler to create another crystal? The process was perilous, so what if they were attacked during that time? It could seriously endanger him.
"Can you lend me your weapon? I have a powerful skill I can use with it. We need to stay alert and prepared."
Hearing him, Skyler glanced at him. He didn’t want to part with his weapon, but he injected some of his Evol into it to summon it back at any time and handed it to him.
"It’s very precious to me, so you need to take care of it and return it just as it is."
Charles’s eyebrow twitched. He examined the gray spear; it was undeniably powerful. So, he couldn’t help but spin it around.
"You are a spear user?"
"Not really."
Charles deadpanned. If he wasn’t, then why did he waste so much money on it?
"So why do you have only a spear and no other weapon with you?"
"Got it as a gift. Hehe."
There was silence for a moment.
Charles seriously considered stealing the weapon if Skyler intended to let it gather dust in the future and not put it to use.
They were startled when Dread cried out. They turned back, only to find him using a significant amount of space Evol to create a bridge leading to the boss’s chamber.
Dread spat out blood, his legs giving out, but Scar grabbed his waist, pulled his arm over her neck, and quickly climbed onto the bridge, sprinting toward the boss chamber.
Chains of fire erupted from her entire body, sending all the approaching spiders flying before she quickly slid into the dark hole in the tree trunk leading to the boss chamber.
This all unfolded so rapidly that the two youths watching couldn’t react in time.
Skyler took a deep breath.
"Space element can be utilized this way as well? What an incredibly useful skill!"
Charles cursed and stood up.
"Damn it! They entered the boss chamber without defeating all the monsters! Get up! We need to get in there before they destroy the dimension core and open the exit!"
Skyler sprang to his feet, and without hesitation, they charged at the spiders.
Now they have no choice but to fight!
Destroying a dimension’s core cuts the crystal’s connection to their world. When that small link breaks, either by destroying the core or when the red crystal shatters, the dimension returns to its own world.
If they don’t escape when the dimension’s core shatters and an exit portal is opened, they will be thrown into the realm to which this dimension belongs alongside it!
This is how Skyler from the previous timeline reached the Realm of Spirits when he was hurled into the rift that was created for a short time to spawn all the beasts in the red Epic-tier crystal that shattered.
Charles wielded the spear. Sharp wind currents swirled around its surface as he attacked the spiders. They cried out, but he easily killed two of them, taking advantage of the factor of surprise in his assault.
Skyler’s fists glowed as he channeled his Evol and sprinted toward Charles, striking the nearest spider. The creature screeched and was sent skidding back.
"Run toward the boss chamber!"
He shouted, punching another spider his size that attacked him with its legs, only to hiss as his fist struck its hard exterior.
The sky above the forest had darkened slightly, the three suns were fading, leaving an orange hue to witness their struggle as they ran toward the boss chamber, fending off the numerous giant crimson spiders that nearly buried them beneath.
Charles’s eyes trembled when a nearby spider stabbed his shoulder with its leg. Blood splattered from the wound, and his vision turned hazy. He thought maybe this was his end... what a pathetic end. He had not even achieved anything. It would have been better if he were a villain...
Skyler slapped the back of his head with gritted teeth to keep him conscious before grabbing the spider leg that had stabbed his shoulder and yanking it out. Charles’s eyes dilated at the agony that followed, but this was enough to snap him out of his haze.
He watched as Skyler punched the spider away with all his strength and shouted.
"Idiot! If you don’t know how to use the weapon, why did you take it from me?"